Mandaic is a
Unicode block
A Unicode block is one of several contiguous ranges of numeric character codes ( code points) of the Unicode character set that are defined by the Unicode Consortium for administrative and documentation purposes. Typically, proposals such as the ...
containing characters of the
Mandaic script
The Mandaic alphabet is thought to have evolved between the 2nd and 7th century CE from either a cursive form of Aramaic (as did Syriac) or from the Parthian chancery script. The exact roots of the script are difficult to determine.
It was dev ...
used for writing the historic Eastern Aramaic, also called Classical Mandaic, and the modern Neo-Mandaic language.
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Mandaic block:
Typefaces
Mandaic
typeface
A typeface (or font family) is the design of lettering that can include variations in size, weight (e.g. bold), slope (e.g. italic), width (e.g. condensed), and so on. Each of these variations of the typeface is a font.
There are thousands o ...
s developed by Ardwan Alsabti include:
*Mandaicana (2011), one of the first Mandaic typefaces
*Ardwan Malka (2011)
*Englaiscana (2011)
*Ardwan Lidzbarski (2018), based on the Mandaic handwriting of
Mark Lidzbarski
Mark Lidzbarski (born Abraham Mordechai Lidzbarski, Płock, Russian Empire, 7 January 1868 – Göttingen, 13 November 1928) was a Polish philologist, Semitist and translator of Mandaean texts.
Early life and education
Lidzbarski was born in Rus ...
*Ardwan Manuscript (2019), a cursive font based on the handwriting of
Mandaic manuscripts
*Ardwan Drower (2021), based on the Mandaic handwriting of
E. S. Drower
References
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Unicode blocks
Mandaic language